Borge was 'nervous wreck'

Mumbai: The Government Railway Police (GRP) investigating the death of Air Works technician Bharat Borge - a key witness in Ambani's helicopter
sabotage case - will summon former state director general of police K K Kashyap, currently the chief security advisor of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani (ADA) group . The police had found a note on Borge in which he mentioned that he was disturbed after an alleged meeting with Reliance officials.
On Monday, Kashyap had reportedly met Borge along with two Reliance officials at the Air Work's hangar in Kalina. After this meeting, Borge visited the Bandra crime branch office to report the discussion but left when he allegedly saw the police beating up two people.
Borge's colleagues claim that he was "a nervous wreck" after being grilled by the crime branch. Two technicians, Borge and Rajaram Chauhan, and two helpers, Uday Warekar and Balraj Ganpathy, were interrogated over three days. "The crime branch had called Ganpathy and me for questioning to their Bandra office on April 25. Later that day, Borge and Chauhan were also called in," Warekar told TOI.
"We were detained till late in the night. Borge was tense and was sweating profusely," said Borge's co workers. Ganpathy alleged he was slapped around by police officers after which he couldn't hear properly. According to Warekar, "officials claimed they had learned about a signed statement given by Borge in which he mentioned that he knew the person who had sabotaged the aircraft. Borge flatly denied this. The police even asked Borge if he himself was involved. He replied that if that was the case, he wouldn't have reported the incident to the authorities."
Responding to the allegations, crime branch chief Rakesh Maria said, "If they claim to have been beaten, they should get a medical examination done."According to Airworks helpers, the sabotaged aircraft was lying in the hangar for nearly two to three days and was left unguarded at night. The airport police had questioned technicians (including Borge) and helpers for nearly six hours and recorded their statements on April 23.
30/04/09 V V Singh, S Ahmed Ali & Nitasha Natu/Times of India

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